Chaney v. State

Appellant was charged with having unlawfully kept certain intoxicating liquor, to wit: whisky, with intent then and there to sell, barter, exchange, give away, furnish, and otherwise dispose of the same to persons within this state whose names were unknown. The jury trying the cause upon his plea of not guilty returned a general verdict of guilty, which was followed by judgment. Error is assigned in the overruling of appellant’s motion for a new trial, based upon insufficient evidence to sustain the verdict, and that it is contrary to law.

On the day of the commission of the offense appellant…